Track-laying machine.



J. P. HADDIX.

TRACK LAYING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 11, 1912.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913;

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W TNESSES J. P. HADDIX. TRACK LAYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1912.

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' TNESSE J. P. HADDIX. TRACK LAYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1912.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES A ltorney coumum PLANOORAPH CO..WASHINDTON, u. c.

JAMES PERRY HADDIX, OF MEIR/NA, NEBRASKA.

TRACK-LAYING MACHINE.

Application filed July 11, 1912.

To l whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES PERRY HAD- nrx, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Merna, in the county ofCuster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Track- Laying Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to machines for laying railroad rails, and has forits principal object the provision of a device having means for lifting,removing and replacing rails and also for loading and unloading new andold rails on suitable cars or trucks and also for piling them, and forplacing ties and other timbers in position.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a supporting-framethat is capable of adjustment to overcome the eifect of listing thetrack around curves.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a machine consistingof a sill mounted on double-flanged wheels adapted to travel on one ofthe rails of the track be ing replaced, while a lateral supporting beamis provided with a slidably adjustable wheel capable of traveling onsupporting rails situated at a distance outside of the usual gage of theroad, so that new rails may be placed at the proper gage from the railssupporting the sill aforesaid.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 1 is a top plan view of myinvention; Fig. 2, an end view, partly in section; Fig. 3, an enlargeddetail view of the anchor-clamp; and Fig. 4, a' sectional view, on anenlarged scale, on line a: a; of Fig. 1.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts in the several views.

As stated hereinabove, my invention is particularly adapted to layingand replacing rails, and in Fig. 2 I have shown the machine mounted on asection of track in which one of the rails 1 is in place, while 2indicates the removed rail placed near the outer ends of the ties andused to support a part of the machine to be hereinafter described, while3 designates the new rails being placed in position.

My improved machine is mounted on a sill 4, consisting of two beams 5,spaced apart by spacing-blocks 6, and mounted for travel on one of therails, such as 1, by

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18,1913.

Serial No. 708,864.

means of double-flanged wheels 7 and 8, journaled adjacent to the twoterminals of the sill 4. 9 indicates a mast erected on sill 4, adjacentto the wheel 8, and braced by beam 10, secured to sill 1, adjacent towheel 7, and to the mast intermediate of its top and bottom, and beams11, secured to the two sides of the up er extremity of the mast and tothe sill 1, acjacent to the rear terminal.

12 indicates a lateral supporting beam having a reduced and flattenedend piece 13, secured on one terminal and removably secured in a slot 14in the mast 9 by means of a pin 15. 16 indicates a rod secured under theouter extremity of the beam 12 by means of depending brackets 17, and 18a doubleflanged wheel slidably and rotatably mounted on said rod andadapted to travel on the displaced rail 2, hereinbefore described. 19indicates a brace-beam secured adjacent to the outer or free extremityof beam 12 by means of plates 20, secured to said bracebeam 19 andremovably secured to the supporting beam by means of a pin or bolt 21.The other terminal of the brace-beam 19 has a plate 22 secured theretoand formed curved, as shown, and adapted to be secured in a slot 23 inmast 9 by means of a pin or bolt 24, engaging said. mast and one of theseries of openings 25 in said plate. 26 indicates a brace-bar having oneterminal removably secured to rod 16 and its other terminal providedwith an angular plate 27, formed with a slot 28 to receive a staple orloop 29 on one or the other side of the sill 1 and to be secured inposition by a pin 30. By this construction of supporting-beam 12 and theparts connected therewith, it will be apparent that my machine isadapted to be secured on either side of the sill 4 and mast 9 to providefor laying a track on either side of the sill.

31 indicates a boom having one terminal provided with a bearing-plate32, mounted on sill 1 and rotatable on pivot-pin 33, while its other endis supported by a cable or other suitable support 34, engaging the mast9.

35 indicates a sheave ournaled on the free terminal of boom 31, and 36 ahoisting cable trained around said sheave, through and between sheaves37 and 38 and over sheave 39, mounted on mast 9, and secured to asuitable drum 40, operated by means of a. handoperated winch, as shownin Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or by a suitable motor 41, located on sill t, asdisclosed in Fig. 4t, said motor being also geared to the wheel 8 forimparting motion to the machine when being moved from place to place.

t? indicates a suitable grapple supported on the cable 36.

in order that my machine may be clamped on the rail supporting the silll, when the boom 3 is in operation, it provide an anchor clampconsisting of lazy tongs 4?, having clamping-jaws t loperated by a rodt5, tlirmigh the medium oi? a lever 41:6, mounted on the mast By thisconstruction it will be apparent that my machine is adapted to use inlift-- ing and placing new and old rails in posi tion for hiying ortransportation, as well as for pili the rails or placing ties or othertimbers in place and that ftilrthermore by the construction of thelateral supporting beam 12 and its connections the machine is adapted tooperation. from either side. of the silh and also that by adjusting thepin or bolt 24- in the openings 25 in plate 22 that provision is madefor counteracting incline oi the roadbed in curves to set the mast. 9perpcndicular at all times, or, if desired, the mast may be listed toeither side to add the weight or the mast and the sill st to assist theoperation of boom 31.

its in settine new rails in a track that actively used T017transportation, it is necessary to make provision for connecting the gigreeepee new rails with rails being replaced on approach of a train, Iprovide a switch point 1-7, adapted to be carried on supportingrollers4L8, journaled on the side of sill at, said switch point being adaptedto be placed, as shown at at? in Fig. 2, to bridge the con nectionbetween the rails 2 and 3, and when not in use in this connection andmounted on the rollers 48, it serves to counterbalance the beam 31.

lrlaving thus described by invention, what I claim is In a track-layingmachine a frame cont prising a sill, wheels journaled thereon andadapted to travel on one of the track-rails, a mast erected on said silla swinging beam also mounted on the sill, a transverse beam secured tosaid mast a ln-ace-bar secured to said transverse beam and adjustablysecured to said mast a rod secured to said transverse beam, and a wheeljournaled on said rod. and slidably mounted thereon, said 5 wheel beingadapted to travel on the other track-rail, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing" wit- 6O nesses.

J AltlES PERRY PADDHK.

l l itnesses Josnrn KELLY, J. H. Morrow.

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